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GCM Test 1
KNOW VOCAB
What is DTP?
o The use of a desktop computer, peripherals, and software for the creation of a
published document
What is the goal of DTP?
o To find an audience and communicate an important message
Where did DTP come from?
o Sculley (

hard line
break
when you press shift
return or shift enter to
force a line to break,
but it does not create
a new paragraph
hard
return
when you press
the return/enter
key to manually
start a new
paragraph
hard
space
a non-breaking space
between 2 words.

oprhan
the last line of a paragraph
alone at the top of a
column or page, or the first
line of a paragraph alone
at the bottom of a column
or page
outline
font
a font in which each
character is stored as a
mathematical outline of
the character shape.
AKA

Book Notes
Type
GCM Test 3
Designing with Type
Type should never inhibit communication
o Combining different typefaces should enhance the communication, not confuse it
Type is the basic building block of any printed page
When there is more than one of any

Ascender
the part of a
lowercase letter
that rises above
the height of the
lowercase x
Baseline
the invisible line
on which type
sits (excluding
descenders)
Bitmapped
font
the part of a font that
is created with and
displayed on the
screen with pixels, as

Elements
the separate objects on the page.
Might be a single line of text, or a
graphic, or a group of items that are
so close together they are
perceived as one unit. To know the
number on a page, squint your eyes
and count the number of times your
eye s